IGP Egbetokun Orders Deployment Of DIG Gumel, 17 Commissioners Of Police To Strategic Department, Commands & Formations 

Posted on January 8, 2026
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Olukayode Adeolu Egbetokun, PhD, NPM, has ordered the deployment of the newly promoted Deputy Inspector-General of Police, DIG Mohammed Usaini Gumel and seventeen Commissioners of Police to strategic department, commands and formations across the nation.
The deployments are intended to strengthen operational capacity, effective leadership, enhance public safety, and improve service delivery. In furtherance of this directive, DIG Gumel has been deployed to man the Force Intelligence Department (FID), while CP Aina Adesola is deployed to the Delta State Police Command, CP Umar Mohammed Hajedia to the Kebbi State Police Command, and CP Iyamah Daniel Edobor to the Bayelsa State Police Command.
Others include CP Osagie John Agans-Irabor as Commissioner of Police, Anti-Human Trafficking Unit, FCID Annex, Lagos; CP Johnson Ayodeji Babalola as Commissioner of Police, Special Enquiries Bureau, FCID, Abuja; CP Adepegba K. Adetoye as Commissioner of Police, Marine Unit, Force Headquarters, Abuja; CP Tabitha Bako as Deputy Commandant, Police College, Kaduna; CP Umar Ali Fagge as Deputy Commandant, Police College, Ikeja; CP Audu Garba Bosso as Commissioner of Police, General Investigation, FCID Annex, Kaduna; CP Edwin Esiunnoh Ogbeghagha as Commissioner of Police, Community Policing, Force Headquarters, Abuja; CP Arikpo Ofem Ikpi as Commissioner of Police, Investment Office, Department of Logistics and Supply, Force Headquarters, Abuja; CP Cyril Uchenna Obiozo as Commissioner of Police, Maritime Command, Lagos; CP Samuel Yerima as Coordinator of Courses, Police Staff College, Jos; CP Alhaji Mohammed Danlandi as Commissioner of Police, X-Squad, FCID Annex, Kaduna; CP Richard Bala Gara as Commissioner of Police, Inspectorate, Department of Training and Development, Force Headquarters; CP Lasisi A. Titilola as Commissioner of Police, Railway Command, Lagos; and CP Obuagbaka C. John as Commissioner of Police, Safer Highway, Department of Operations, Force Headquarters, Abuja.
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, PhD, NPM, has charged the deployed senior officers to bring their wealth of knowledge and experience to bear by providing purposeful and result-oriented leadership, upholding the highest standards of professionalism, integrity and ethical conduct, and ensuring strict adherence to the rule of law.

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